OVER 18,200 outpatient appointments were wasted in the Western Trust last year due to patients not turning up for their appointment, costing the local health service around £4 million. From April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025 the total number of patients who did not attend their Consultant outpatient appointment, or failed to give staff sufficient […]
Consultation to permanently suspend EGS at SWAH
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A consultation to permanently remove general emergency surgery from SWAH is to launch this month. There was a unanimous decision by the Western Trust to proceed with a consultation on the permanent suspension of Emergency General Surgery at SWAH at a Western Trust meeting today. Diana Armstrong MLA has expressed her concern at today’s announcement. […]
Minister denies Fermanagh ambulance claims
Minister Nesbitt reaffirmed his commitment to the recommendations in the recent RQIA report on the SWAH.
Council health meetings branded ‘a waste of energy’
FEW Fermanagh councillors are attending the regular meetings between the Western Trust and the local Council because they feel they are “a waste of energy.” At the recent SOAS meeting at Fermanagh House, compere Alan Rodgers quizzed the two councillors on the panel about the low attendance at the Council’s health committee meetings with representatives from the Trust. Mr […]
Award for Western Trust ‘prehabilitation’ programme
Link to Wellbeing is delivered in community locations across the Western Trust area for patients waiting on hip or knee surgery.
South West Acute Hospital currently ‘extremely busy’
There are currently 74 patients awaiting treatment and 25 patients waiting admission at the South West Acute Hospital emergency department.
Community support for SWAH campaign stronger than ever
Save Our Acute Services will be hosting representatives from all the main local political parties at Fermanagh House on May 1 at 8pm.
New support hub for Fermanagh’s unpaid carers
The April meeting of the Fermanagh Carers Hub takes place this Thursday, and it it open to everyone locally caring for someone in an unpaid capacity.
Some SWAH inpatients at hospital for over a year
The average stay for geriatric patients at the Enniskillen hosptial over the last year was 27.8 days.
Ambulance service apologises for Fermanagh delays
NIAS said wider pressures on the health system, particularly regarding EDs, was resulting in “prolonged turnaround times” in Fermanagh and beyond.